Category: HISTORY
Odessa, the Pearl of the Black Sea at stake
5. Odessa, the Pearl of the Black Sea at stake Author: Pierre Scordia Media Coverage in Britain and France In the clashes in Odessa that killed more than 40 people (most […]
The annexation of Crimea – media coverage in Britain and France
4. The annexation of Crimea | Media coverage in Britain and France Author: Pierre Scordia Fears expressed by the British magazine The Economist regarding the fate of Crimea proved to be correct, […]
The February Revolution of 2014
BRTISH AND FRENCH MEDIA COVERAGE OF THE UKRAINIAN CRISIS THE ECONOMIST’S VIEW Author: Pierre Scordia 2. The beginning of the political crisis 3. The February Revolution of 2014 The Economist magazine was […]
Chronicle of a Revolution: Ukraine 2013-2017
1. Media coverage of the Ukrainian crisis in France and Great Britain By Pierre Scordia The Ukrainian Revolution followed by Russian aggression was in part analysed in the French and British […]
Gilles of Brittany, the anglophile prince who was murdered (1420-1450)
Gilles of Brittany (1420-1450) Auteur: Pierre Scordia The murder of Gilles of Brittany had repercussions throughout the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. It dramatically changed the course of Anglo-Breton relations and moreover led […]
Cinema: Dunkirk, Churchill and the Brexiteers
By Pierre Scordia One year after the shock of Brexit, two of Britain’s best known filmmakers, Christopher Nolan and Joe Wright, released two films about one of the most tragic episodes […]
HISTORY / LITERATURE / USA
From Kennedy to Hillary: the end of the myth of the American dream
The end of the myth of the American dream By Pierre Scordia Democracy seems a sham when you read two books, one by Hillary Rodman Clinton, What Happened, and the other […]
Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany & Queen of England
The life of a great, little known queen Joan of Navarre, Duchess of Brittany and Queen of England (from 1386 to 1437)